Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.